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[Jamesboy]

How could I have gotten better skin tone without losing the effect?





Camera Model Canon EOS 40D
Shooting Mode Shutter-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/8
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 100
Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Focal Length 75.0 mm
Image Quality Fine
Flash Off
White Balance Mode Tungsten
AF Mode Manual focusing
Picture Style Standard

[ocnsprt]

Are you trying to get his face a bit brighter, so its not dark and orangish? or what do you mean by better skin tone?

Like this???

[Chandel Weiss]

Ya what do you mean by skin tone? It is a little dark.

[Jamesboy]

Skin tone- now it looks like I took it in neon lighting (I didn't). I would like to know if there is a PP operation that will restore natural looking flesh color to the skin portions. I would prefer that the effect of only the face being present stay without getting hair, neck, and shirt in the scene. If the whole is lightened the unwanted items show. But when darkened to make the unwanted items not show it causes the skin of the subject to turn orangish. Can the oragnish color be elimenated while leaving out the unwanted items. If I was to re-stage the shot, is there any "settings" (ie: AV, TV, ISO, etc.) that would help achieve the look I want?
The Stage- subject setting on floor looking just past the photo flood of 100w defused through a white umbarella with a black backdrop.
I want his face to look a natural skin color not severly sun burned but I don't want any thng else to show except his face. (maybe even a "ghost" {transparent} effect would be interesting.)